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P. A. RAYMOND.

SHOE FASTBNING.

No. 449,273. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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SHOE PASTBNING.

No. 449,273. Patented 1VIa.r.C 1,1891.y

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PIERRE AlQRERl RAYillONl), OF GRENOBLE, FRANCE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 449,273, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed August 11, 1890. Serial No. 361,669. (No model.) Patented in France June 28, 1890, No. 206,681, and in England Jnly3,1890,No.1D,315. i.

T 0 all whom zit 11mg/ concern:

MOND, a citizen ot the French Republic, re-

siding at Grenoble, France, have invented certain Improvements in Fastenings for Shoes, Corsets, and the Like, (for which a patent has been granted in Great Britain, ilo. 10,315, dated July 8, 1890, and in France, No. 206,681, dated June 28, 1890,) ot which the following is a specification.

illy invention relates to that class of fastening devices for shoes, corsets,gloves, and the like wherein the two parts of the article to be brought and secured together are provided with retainers for a lacing-cord, said retainers being in the nature of hooks, eyes, eyelets, 85e.; and the object of my invention is in part to improve the construction of the retainers for the lacingeord and in part to provide a simple and eftective means for seeun` ing said retainers in the material, whereby the opening in the material will be closed by the devices employed for securin g the retailiers therein, and the retainer will be given a broad base and will project very slight-ly from the face ot the material.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter, and its novel features carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a side and front elevation ot a retainer having the form of a hook constructed and set in the material in accordance with my invention. In these views the securing-eyelet and cap-plate are represented in section in order to better illustrate the form and construction of the retainer. Figs. 3 and 1 are respectively a side elevation and plan View of the retainer detached. Figs. 5 and t5 are respectively a transverse section and plan of the cap-plate detached. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a transverse section and plan of a slight modification in the cap-plate that will be hereinafter' described. Figs. 9 to 15 illustrate an embodiment of my invention wherein the retainer for the lacing-cord has the form of a closed hook or eye. Figs. 9, 10, 11, l2,

and 15 correspond, respectively, to Figs. 3, el, 5, G, and 1. Figs. 13 and 14 are respectively a transverse section and plan of the eyelet employed for binding the parts of the ifasten ing together and to the material in which they are set. Fig. 1G is a View showing my improved fasteners applied to a shoe.

X represents the material in which the fastings are set, and (l an eyelet, which maybe ot' the usual kind, adapted to be setin a hole punched in the material X.

Referring to Figs. 1 to S, inclusive, A is a retainer Vfor the lacing-cord in the form of a hook, and ll the cap-plate. This latter is in t-he form of a shallow cup, and its upturned rim is bent inward to form a Hange b.. 'lhe retainer A is formed of wire doubled on itself:` and bent to shape and its extremities turned outward in opposite directions to form feet c, which maybe sligl'itly spread or flattened, as seen in Fig. 1.

In assembling the parts ot the device and setting it in the lfabric a hole is punched in the material and the eyelet C pushed through from'the outside until its primary outer flange CX rests on the outer face of the material. The base of the retainer A is nowinserted in the cap-plate l5, its feet o. taking under the i-nturned flange b thereon. The retainerA is now passed through the cyelet C from the baci; until the cap-plate houses the projecting end or flange ot the eyelet. The parts are now forcibly pressed together until the material X is tightly clamped between the cap-plate and the outer flange of the eyelet. The other flange c of the eyelet will now be found to be expanded and turned outward within the hollow of the cap-plate, and the feet o of the retainer A clamped firmly between it and the crown of the cap-plate.

rlo steady the base of the retainer, Ipreier to provide the capplate ll with keepers c c on its inner face to embrace the feet a, as seen in Fig; These keepers may, however, be formed on a separate pla-te, which will be placed in the hollow ot the cap-plate. Such a plate F is seen in Figs. 7 and S.

Where the retainer for the lacing-cord has the form of an eye or bail, through which said cord must be threaded, the construction of the eyelet and cap-plate will be substantially the same as has been described. This FOO form of the fastening is illustrated in Figs. t), 10, 1l, 12, and 15.

The retainer D is of a U shape, provided with spread or flattened feet d, which take under the intnrned fiange een the cap-plate E. This cap-plate has a conical projection on its face, which serves as a keeper te steady the feet of the retainer D.

rlhe assembling of the parts and the setting` in the material Xis the same as before described. Y

The manner of securing the parts together by means of a lacing-cord, when provided with fastenings constructed according to my invention,is illustrated in Fig. I6, wherein a shoe is shown provided at the lower part of the slit with cord-retainers in the form of eyes and at the upper part with retainers in the form of hooks. v

My fastening device has several advantages over the old varieties of fastenings, among which may be noted: First, the opening pro vided for t-he attachment of the fastening' is bon nd by the eyelet and tightly closed by the cap-plate, thereby excluding water when the fastening is employed on shoes; second, the cord-retainer projects very slightly above the surface of the material, and its attachment being at the inner face ot the material the space within the eyelet is utilized to afford room for the lacing-cord, (therefore the strain of the, cord is tangential toy the material and does not tend to cant or tilt the retainer in such a manner as to canse the wearer pain,) and, third,thecord-retainerbeingmadeof half round or oval drawn wire, the lacing-cord encounters no sharp angles, and conseqnentlyis not chafed or worn.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I clai1ml. In a fastening device for shoes and the like, the combination, with an eyelet set in the material and a fianged cap-plate which embraces the inner clinched end or Harige ot' said eyelet, of a retainer for the lacing-cord, which retainer projects through the eyelet and has a base which is clamped between the cap-plate and the inner flange of the eyelet.

2. In a fastening device for shoes and the like, the combination, with the retainer for the lacing-cord, provided with feet, as described, of the eyelet set in the material, and the capplate provided with a keeper for the feet of the retainer, said retainer projecting ont- Wardly through the eyeletand havingits feet clamped between the, said cap-plate. and the inner flange of the eyelet, whereby the retainer is secured to the eyelet and through it. to the material.

3. In a fastening device. for shoes and the like, the combination, with a hook to form a retainer for the lacing-cord, provided with feet, as described, of the eyelet setin the material, and a cap-plate provided with-akeeper for the feet on the hook, said cap-plate. einbraeing said fingers and they lower flange of the-eyelet, whereby said hook is secured to the eyelet and therethrough to the material.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence ot' two subscribing Witnesses.

PIERRE ALBERT RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

C. A. HANSMANN, F. Z. RAYMOND. 

